Key result
PROMs and PREMs may help improve long-term oral care outcomes after pediatric dental anesthesia.
Why the study?
Dental treatment is the top reason for pediatric hospital admission in the UK alongside dental anxiety, prompting efforts to improve outcomes and experience.
Efforts to improve outcome and experience using PROMs and PREMs could result in better long-term oral care for children undergoing dental treatment under general anaesthesia.
Improving dental experience in children may promote long-term oral health; leaves open which interventions reduce admissions.
With the number one reason for child admission to hospital in the UK being dental treatment and with anxiety towards the profession as a whole, efforts to improve outcome and experience could result in better long-term oral care.
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Patrick et al. (2020) studied this question. Patient-reported outcome and experience measures (PROMs and PREMs) for pediatric dental treatment under general anesthesia may help improve long-term oral care outcomes.
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